Hi God,
It’s Columbus Day.
I’m not sure I want to think about that.
Without Columbus,
I might not be in such a blessed situation.
Without Columbus,
Native Americans might be in a more blessed situation.
Isn’t there some way
that we could order our lives
so that all peoples can be blessed?
Must we always arrange life’s situations
so as to create winners and losers?
So my prayer today
is that you help us get serious
about the business
of “loving our neighbors as ourselves.”
If we don’t want foreigners
coming here to tell us how to live,
perhaps we shouldn’t be going to their countries
to tell them how to live.
Sounds pretty simple,
but I fear we keep tripping up over the details.
Help us consider and foresee
the unintended consequences or our proposed actions.
Also, I pray that you have mercy on all our souls,
sinners though each of us persist in being.
Amen